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Catherine M Spurlock 1945 - 2009

Catherine M Spurlock (1945 - 2009)
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Catherine M Spurlock
Last Known Residence
Flushing, Queens County, New York 11358
Born
July 2, 1945
Death
April 8, 2009
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Catherine M Spurlock of Flushing, Queens County, New York was born on July 2, 1945, and died at age 63 years old on April 8, 2009.

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Catherine Spurlock passed away at age 63 years old on April 8, 2009. Catherine M Spurlock of Flushing, Queens County, New York was born on July 2, 1945.

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Catherine M Spurlock lived 8 years shorter than the average Spurlock family member when she died at the age of 63.
The average age of a Spurlock family member is 71.
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1945 - 2009 World Events

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In 1945, in the year that Catherine M Spurlock was born, on March 12th, a riot erupted at a Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe New Mexico. Two days earlier, white shirts with the Rising Sun on the back had been confiscated and the prisoners objected. Three leaders of the protest were removed and sent to another camp. Guards at the Santa Fe camp were armed with submachine guns, shotguns, and gun masks. On the morning of the 12th, prisoners began throwing rocks at the guards. When the "rioters" wouldn't disperse, the guards were ordered to use tear gas and batons. Four men were badly injured as a result.

In 1958, by the time she was merely 13 years old, on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

In 1967, at the age of 22 years old, Catherine was alive when on October 2nd, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first black US Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the great-grandson of a slave and graduated first in his class at Howard University Law School. His nomination to the Supreme Court was approved by the Senate, 69 to 11.

In 1975, at the age of 30 years old, Catherine was alive when in January, Popular Mechanics featured the Altair 8800 on it's cover. The Altair home computer kit allowed consumers to build and program their own personal computers. Thousands were sold in the first month.

In 1993, by the time she was 48 years old, on January 20th, William J. Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. He beat incumbent George H.W. Bush who was seeking his second term. Clinton won 43.01% of the popular vote to Bush's 37.45%. An independent candidate, Ross Perot, won 18.91% - the most votes for an independent candidate since Teddy Roosevelt's run for President in 1912.

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